Alternative Field

06/05/2025

It’s that time of year. ❤️ Join us. Sunday 6/8 2-4

03/11/2025

SUBMIT SUBMIT! Birds. You know them. You love them. Maybe you are one of them. Write about it! XO

10/27/2024

It’s with deep reverence and love that we share news of the transition of our beloved mentor, guide, cherished friend, the brilliant poet Peter J Harris. As many know, this is not an ending but a return home that connects our earthly community to the wisdom of our ancestors. But we also know that this is a time of deep mourning.

Peter was such a guiding light for so many of us, whose wisdom, generosity, and unwavering belief in the power of happiness transformed not just our paths, but the very foundation of our creativity — where that creativity is born. Yes, that literal Inspiration House (iykyk). Hhis voice music, his poetry, showed us the weaving, the fabric of humanness, heart, and spirit in service of something greater than ourselves, and it also showed us ourselves.

Peter also gifted us with the profound understanding that joy is not just an emotion, but a revolutionary act—a way of being that builds and strengthens the fabric of community and connection. His legacy lives on in every space where poets gather, from our home at Avenue 50 Studio to the World Stage and everything in between those 11 miles, in every verse that celebrates our shared humanity, and in every moment we choose to come together in the spirit of creative communion.

As we honor Peter’s transition, we commit to nurturing the seeds of joy, unity, and artistic courage that he so lovingly planted. The path he has built for us remains strong and clear—a testament to his vision of poetry as words as music, as a force for connection and transformation. And love.

We invite our community to join us in celebrating Peter’s life by continuing to walk this path together, holding close his teachings.

Our hearts and prayers are with
all who hold him dear.

¡Peter J Harris, Presente!

With gratitude and love,
Alternative Field ❤️

09/10/2024

Posted • .macehualli 🌿🌱🌑 Join us on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd at in celebrating the TAKAAPE’ WAASHUT/ SoCal Black Walnut Tree 🌿🌑
Únase con nosotros el DOMINGO 22 DE SEPTIEMBRE en para celebrar el TAKAAPE’ WAASHUT/Nogal negro del sur de California 🌿🌑

This event is completely free and open to the public. Spanish interpretation will be offered ✨// Este evento es completamente gratuito y abierto al público. Se ofrecerá interpretación en español ✨

Throughout the day there will be many offerings from local groups, organizations and community members including: // A lo largo del día habrá muchas ofertas de grupos locales, organizaciones y miembros de la comunidad, incluyendo: , .khanna.dang .macehualli .collective.la Lincoln Heights Preservation Coalition, Save San Pasqual Park, , Jane Tsong,

Please refer to the slides for details on the times. We’ll continue to post updates with specific activity details and overall event logistics.

THANK YOU to Latino Conservation Week The Hispanic Access Fund and the Trust for Public Lands, National Walk to a Public Park Day for supporting our event 🌱

Illustrations by Arturo Romo

Consulte las diapositivas para obtener detalles sobre los horarios. Seguiremos publicando actualizaciones con detalles específicos de las actividades y la logística general del evento.

GRACIAS a Latino Conservation Week , The Hispanic Access Fund y Trust for Public Lands, National Walk to a Public Park Day por apoyar nuestro evento 🌱

Ilustraciones x Arturo Romo

05/29/2024

05/23/2024

One of our favorite annual anthologies! Come out June 2 for the 6th Anthology in collaboration with Glendale Community College English department. 3pm only at !! ❤️❤️❤️

05/14/2024

Friends and family of , as you may know by now, we have until December 2024 at the current 131 N Ave 50 location! Come out come out! May 26th 11-1 (sharp). Let’s talk all things resources, moving, and what Avenue 50 Studio means to our community. ❤️☀️ Please share!

04/14/2024

Sunday, 4/14 11:30am. .ceballos will be hosting a little mini zine workshop. Of course, you can bring your own ideas, but we’ll have prompts and everything else you need to make them! 📖📔See you Sunday!

12/17/2023

Today 12/17 at 2pm, join us at for Poetry for Peace, an open mic and zine fundraiser.

We’ll have zines for sale to benefit the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund featuring:
Terry Wolverton, Ron Baca, féi hernandez, Karineh Mahdessian, Edith B. de Guzman, Shoshana Ben-Horin, Matt Sedillo, Kate Martin Rowe, Teresa Mei Chuc, and Yvonne M. Estrada.

If you can’t make it, you can still purchase a zine on our website store: alternativefield.com/store/poetry-for-peace

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If you come by and leave us with your poem, we can add it to the zine for future printings. Hope to see you ❤️

12/13/2023

Poetry for Peace
reading and zine release fundraiser
🌹
Sunday, December 17, 2023
2:00 PM
at Avenue 50 Studio

Poetry for Peace is a zine publication in collaboration with Avenue 50 Studio’s Art for Peace exhibit now open.

The zine aims to bring poets and their words together for a collective cause—to utilize poetry as a guiding source that may perhaps reverberate — as invocation — into the universe.

For many of us, the most powerful thing we can do is to collectively call on the power of art and poetry to evoke empathy, understanding, and change. 

Join us for the open mic and zine fundraiser on December 17th at 2pm at Avenue 50 Studio to lend your spoken voice to the collective consciousness that is calling, begging for peace, for a ceasefire, for a safe return of all hostages.

Special edition zines will be available for sale at $10 each, with all sales dedicated to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF).

The was founded in 1991 by concerned humanitarians in the US, to provide free medical care to thousands of injured and ill children who lack local access to care. Current funding is going directly to their “Gaza Relief and Recovery Efforts,” which aims to address urgent humanitarian needs and support long-term recovery efforts in Gaza—this includes essential medical supplies, food, medical treatment, clean water, and other eventual necessities such as rebuilding healthcare facilities, providing trauma counseling and mental health support for the long term. More information about the PCRF can be found here: https://www.pcrf.net 

Open Mic
Masks Encouraged

For a reference to what peace could mean, the “Statement on the Escalation of Violence in Palestine and Israel” from the Women’s International League for Peace & Freedom, as well as a news post of theirs from August 17th, 2022 is a good place to start. Links in Linktree link in bio.
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09/12/2023

Amazing what .macehualli has put together here for the second year in a row…along with community support of course! ❤️This Sunday, September 17th is the kick off celebration for the second annual Black Walnut Day! We’re proud to sponsor the Weaving Words Collective Writing Workshop at 8am! All happening at Ascot Hills Park, ’Ochuunga-El Sereno, Northeast Los Angeles ❤️📝 more info at .macehualli